Romain was obvs a vampire, not sure what Amelie and Maxie were. I guess they were Fashion Victims of the 80's, you had to see the dresses! We added 2 puncture wounds on their necks and voila, their outfits were complete. I, of course, did not fit in. Nooooo, I always have to be different. So I decided to be a dead soldier, or more accurately, one who got killed by a shot in the back. Ironic since the party we went to was in an old Nazi building, that is now part of the Berlin Police headquarters, by Templehof airport, that used to serve to supply West Berlin with goods. Apparently, a plane used to land there every 90 seconds. There was no other way to get anything into the city. So ironic then, with all the military presence in this particular area, that I show up as a dead soldier. But then, my life is one gigantic irony.
This weekend, after a wonderful Kneipentour with School (think pub crawl, european style), from which everyone was too wasted ( I asked a girl if she fancied another girl, just because she didn't seem interested in my guy friend ). I also kissed (on the cheek, of course) all of my friends. I looooooved them so much. I really do, but I know I'm drunk when I start going on and on about it. LOL Tonight there's a cocktail party at Judith and Jan, who is my new best friend. I spoke to him for like 2 hours last night, in really rotten German, and he's slowly starting to correct me, which is good, because I'm starting to realize the mistakes that I'm making, whereas before, I had just no clue. I guess I'm progressing :-)
I also met a guy from Quebec who is starting at School on Monday. So cool to be able to speak Quebecois with someone. Mind you, I've really picked up this French accent thing. In any case, yet another new friend!
Tomorrow, should be a quiet day. I may try to go to church (I've been wanting every week since I got here, but Saturday nights are always too festive!) The problem is, too, that I don't really have a desire to go or need to go. I'm not feeling particularly close to God at this moment, not because I'm mad, but because I'm having too much fun and things are going well. But I also know that's when I should go. And that's when I'm actually probably closest. So, we'll see.
And then next weekend, I'm going to Weisenheim am Sand, a small village south of Frankfurt, close to Mannheim, to see Dominique and Florian and petit Paul. Dominique is the sister of one of my best friends, JP. We're all kind of here because of him. Anyways, super excited to see them, saw them last when I was in Frankfurt, 3 yrs ago. Dominique was pregnant to the gills, and now Paul is 3!!!! I take the train on Friday afternoon and arrive around 7 pm. It's going to be a nice train ride.
Then, at the end of the month, I'm off for 1 wk to Ireland. 5 days in Derry in Northern Ireland, then 2 days in Dublin. Super excited. Interpol is playing in Dublin the night I'm there and seeing that the show is ausverkauft in Berlin, might try to see if I can get in there!!!! Mind you, I may just do scalpers in Berlin. I'll have to ask my Berliner friends how safe that is and what the consequences are. Don't want to get kicked out of the country early :-)
So that's it. I have one more week of school and then it's going to be pretty weird to not see everyone. Maybe, I'll just go and hang out with them at their breaks and for lunch. Also, I have to help Romain find and apartment and a job.
My new motto: sleep when I'm dead.
